This isn’t really a “shot across the bow”, because if it comes off there is almost a 0% chance of LeGarrette Blount making the roster unless he competes in training camp and there are injuries to a couple of starters. It’s a clear upgrade on the position to someone much younger and more productive.

hehateme2 says:
Apr 18, 2017 2:03 PM
Karma for the Bills when doing the same thing (other than more crazy money) to the Dolphins when they signed Charles Clay.

Clay has never been the same since. lol
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Do you watch the sport? Charles Clay had the 2nd best season he’s had production wise for his 6yr career in 2016.
He has also become an awesome run blocker… helping the Bills become the #1 rushing Offense in the league for 2016. Pro-Football-Reference had 2016 as his best year in the NFL… they ranked him with a 6… his best number was a 5 with Miami. So how has he ‘Never been the same’?

Well, I guess “Signed to an Offer sheet” means “Signed to the roster”, at least that’s what you’d learn from reading the comments. The Bills will match, they have plenty of cap space, and the market is bare in terms of adding impact players in need of high price tags. The Patriots tried to drum up the year one salary to press the issue, but that’s a steal of a deal that the Bills won’t mind matching for the production he brings. I’m going to call it now, this is the year these “tactics” blow up in BB face. Gilmore will bust, and you’ll be stuck with a bad deal and an upset Butler, and Dwayne Allen is no Martellus Bennett. Without the power running game, how are you going to control the clock?

Bill will slowly create a Patriots team comprised solely of ex-Bills players and then go on to win a SB just to rub it in everyone’s face, especially Rex Ryan’s. (It also has a ring to it, Bill and the ex-Bills or Bill and his exes.) Look for him to trade Brady next year for Tyrod Taylor and a couple more players.

Blount wont come back. NE is pretty much set. Bolden will play ST. White/Lewis/Burke will function as pass catchers and Gillislee/Burkehead will run between the tackles. They have depth for injury. Will miss Blounts size and speed for his size but I guess he priced himself out of NEs range after a 18 TD season or NE lowballed him, probably a little of both. Bill is being aggressive with Brady’s career coming closer to the end and holding on to Garoppolo as insurance for any decline Brady may incur. Not saying he will but its obviously a possibility for someone his age and obviously being so aggressive Bill wont take chances at the QB position.

No team works harder than the Pats. Numerous former players that were on other teams before or after their time with the Pats have confirmed this.

Hard work, innovation and success used to be respected in this country. Now the politically correct, want everyone to get a participation trophy and nothing more, lazy, whining, self entitled crowd find the hard work and innovation somehow “cheating” because they are either incapable and or too lazy to do so themselves.

The corruption and stupidity of Goodell’s league office is incredible. They are the cheaters, not the Pats. They have lied about every major “scandal” they have manufactured against the Saints, Cowboys, Washington and Miami, and caught red handed lying about the Ray Rice incident in an attempt to cover it up, covering up the long domestic abuse history of Josh Brown, ignoring infractions by the favored 5 of the Giants, Steelers, Jets, Colts and Ravens while hammering other teams for the same things.